COLLEGES: Clancy propels Bridgewater State to women's lacrosse crown

Saturday

May 3, 2014 at 9:22 PMMay 3, 2014 at 9:25 PM

Led by tournament MVP Taylor Clancy of Braintree, the Bridgewater State women’s lacrosse team captured its second consecutive Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament championship as the top-seeded Bears downed second-seeded Worcester State University, 19-7, on Saturday afternoon at Swenson Field.

Led by tournament MVP Taylor Clancy of Braintree, the Bridgewater State women’s lacrosse team captured its second consecutive Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament championship as the top-seeded Bears downed second-seeded Worcester State University, 19-7, on Saturday afternoon at Swenson Field.

Bridgewater (14-5) will now advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the fifth straight season and sixth time in program history. The Bears will await word on the NCAA Tournament pairings which are expected to be announced on Sunday night at 9:30 on NCAA.com. Worcester fell to 12-4 overall.

Clancy potted a game-high six goals and added an assist to go along with a ground ball, three controlled draws and a caused turnovers.

BSU freshman attack Melissa Renauld led all players with eight points on five goals and three assists. Sophomore midfielder Lauren Geary of Hull chipped in with three goals, four ground balls and a game-high eight draws. Junior attack Riley Cachelin added three goals and an assist, while senior attack Melanie Appleman notched two goals, two ground balls and two caused turnovers.

BASEBALL

Stonehill 8, Merrimack 7: The host Skyhawks (28-17, 17-9) utilized six multi-hit efforts in a victory over the Warriors (21-20, 15-16) in a Northeast-10 Conference Northeast Division game at Lou Gorman Field.

Senior shortstop Dan Fratus of Plymouth led the Skyhawks with a 3-for-3 effort, including a double and two runs, while classmate Billy Karalis went 2-for-5 and clubbed his team-leading seventh home run of the season. Sophomore Chris Hoyt picked up two doubles and two RBI, and classmate Brian Hocking of Duxbury added two hits, including an inside-the-park home run. Freshman Steve Lee of Braintree, who hit his first collegiate home run in Friday’s 9-5 win over the Warriors, chipped in with a pair of hits and one RBI.

Framingham State 8, Bridgewater State 5: The Rams rode a six-run third inning to their late Friday night win in the opening round of the MASCAC playoffs.

The loss ended the Bears’ season at 13-21.

Keaghan Austin-MacInnis of Lakeville had two hits and drove in two of BSU’s runs, while Shane Varnadore of Brockton and Nicholas White had three hits each for the Bears.

David Holmes of Easton closed out the game for the Bears with two innings of shutout relief.

Massasoit splits: The Massasoit Community College Warriors split a pair of games with the Naval Prep Naps at Louis R. Colombo Field in Brockton.

In the first game, Tom Protentis picked up his third win of the season as he allowed three hits while striking out seven. Travis Ritchie had two hits and scored three runs. David Murphy had a pair of hits and four runs batted in the the 15-0 victory.

The Warriors dropped the second game, 5-4. Murphy continued his hot hitting with a double and two singles. Pat Murray knocked in two runs and Russ Boudreau had a pair of hits.

Stonehill, which led the field of 10 teams after Friday’s events with 89 points, finished in first on Saturday with a total of 197 points. Southern Connecticut State University placed second with 148 points, followed by the University of New Haven (132 points).

Junior Sarah Wilson collected All-Conference honors with her first-place finish in a program record time of 2:11.75 in the 800-meter run. Wilson’s time meets the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships, and she is currently ranked 19th nationally in the event.

Jasper sparkles: Junior Alyssa Jasper of Rockland tallied a meet record 4,741 points in the heptathlon as she won the event and helped lead Worcester State to sixth-place overall on the final day of the Division III New England Championships in Springfield.

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